Stratospheric Radar Sounder Design Tools

Wind roses over a map of Antarctica
Polar Winds Explorer

Interactive analysis of historical wind speeds and directions from ERA5 data. This tool is designed to support early stages of mission planning and help assess airspeed requirements for stratospheric UAVs.

Interactive viewer Code on GitHub

Radar sounding flight lines over Antarctica coloured by required surface SNR
Radar Return Statistics

Dataset containing signal-to-noise ratio, noise floors, required surface SNR, and other statistics extracted from Open Polar Radar data.

Interactive viewer Code on GitHub

Gridded map of Antarctica showing modelled radar sounder SNR
RSSNR Statistical Interpolation and Mission Design Tool

Statistical interpolation of required surface SNR (RSSNR) across both ice sheets using a Bayesian model, paired with a radar sounder mission design tool to test out conceptual instruments and platforms.

Code on GitHub RSSNR Model Docs Mission design tool